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South Africa: Dream Riders Rise over R1 Million for Reach for a Dream |
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SA - the Good News |
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
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Electronic and Mobile Government, Citizen Engagement, Internet Governance
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Feb 27, 2013 |
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"We encourage our employees and clients to volunteer in support of our CSI objectives to develop and grow volunteerism in the workplace as a logical extension of our vision-led, values-driven ethos as well as our Deep Green aspiration of being highly involved in the community and environment,” said Mrs Kone Gugushe, Divisional Executive for Corporate Social Responsibility at Nedbank.
“So, we are very excited and privileged as Nedbank to be handing over R1 million, which was raised by the Nedbank Dream Riders. Reach For A Dream gives hope and fulfils dreams of over 200 children with life threatening ailments in our society and we believe that this contribution will enable them to help more children. Additionally, through such initiatives, we are able to extend our reach and make a meaningful difference where we might not have been able to reach ourselves,” she added.
Bronwyn Feldwick–Davis, Reach For A Dream’s Projects and Marketing Manager said: “2012 was a landmark year for us as we doubled our number of riders and have raised R1 million. This makes the Dream Riders one of our biggest fundraising events of the year and enables us to distribute the funds to all of our seven branches. Nedbank once again sponsored all the costs for the team, for which we are so grateful. This allows all the money raised by the cyclists to go directly to dreams and projects and not expenses.”
Volunteerism forms an integral part of Nedbank’s social sustainability and staff members are encouraged to play their part in uplifting and empowering communities. Currently the banks’ staff volunteerism projects include amongst others, the Local Hero Programme, an initiative that encourages and honours individuals who participate in volunteer work by supporting their projects financially and the Team Challenge Programme, a 10-month staff volunteerism programme that enables staff members to form teams to support various non-profit organisations.
For more information about Nedbank Dream Riders, visit www.dreamriders.co.za.
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South Africa: Dream Riders Rise over R1 Million for Reach for a Dream Nedbank Dream Riders a team of passionate and dedicated cyclists raised R1 million for the Reach For A Dream Foundation benefiting over 200 children from ages 3 and 18 The foundation assists children diagnosed with life threatening ailments to fulfil their life dreams Dream Riders came into existence in 2007 when eight cyclists employed by Nedbank collected sponsorships from friends and family for every kilometre of the 94.7 Cycle Challenge they completed The team continued to grow and in 2012 had expanded to a total of 488 cyclists who rode in the 94.7 Cycle Challenge and collectively raised a total amount of R1,050,000.00 for various projects
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